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Augustana officially opened the 2014-15 academic year at Opening Convocation before nearly 400 members of the Class of 2018 — first year students who have come to Augustana from 18 states and 12 countries around the world.

On Sunday morning, first-year students officially moved into Bergsaker and Solberg Residence Halls, bringing with them colorful futons, sticker-covered laptops, rolls of carpet, musical instruments and mini refridgerators. They arrived from 18 states and 12 countries around the world and together, they are the Augustana Class of 2018.

Augustana is among a consortium of institutions in South Dakota who will benefit from a $20 million Research Infrastructure Improvement award called “The 2020 Vision: Building Research, Education and Innovation Partnerships for South Dakota” from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Read on to find out more about this exciting opportunity for Augustana.

In his new book, “Downstream: Reflections on Brook Trout, Fly Fishing and the Waters of Appalachia,” Dr. David O’Hara chronicles his journey into the streams and rivers of Maine, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina in search of understanding, self-discovery, and fish.

Over the past four years, Dipple has chipped away at a sixteenth-century pro-Reformation German manuscript: translating, interpreting and creating footnotes and references for his students to use. The result? An affordable textbook titled "The Fifteen Confederates."

Classes will resume on campus in just over two weeks and Augustana’s new division and department chairs are preparing for the beginning of the 2014-15 academic year. See who is stepping into a new position.

People always ask me, “What’s the best part of your job?” It’s hard to answer that question because, quite honestly, it’s difficult to choose just one thing about being president of this great place we call Augustana that stands out above the rest.